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Henderson names Germany sales head
GERMANY - Henderson Global Investors has named Uwe Diehl to head of sales for Germany and Austria.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund tenders Japanese small-caps
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch consultant has tendered up to two Japanese small cap equities mandates on behalf of a Dutch pension fund via IPE-Quest.
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Watson’s Urwin doubts hedge fund capacity
GLOBAL – Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, says the performance of fund of hedge funds is “in doubt” due to a lack of capacity at some of the managers.
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West Midlands scheme recruiting two managers
UK – The £5.4bn (€8.07bn) West Midlands Pension Fund is looking for two internal equity investment managers following an internal restructuring.
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DeAM loses Lincolnshire brief to Martin Currie
UK – Deutsche Asset Management has lost an active UK equity brief to Martin Currie Investment Management after the £840m (€1.2bn) Lincolnshire County Council pension fund changed its performance target.
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Dutch system seen as global pension leader
NETHERLANDS – “The Dutch pensions industry had come from being a virtually unknown pension power 10 years ago, to being the global pension revolution leader today,” said Keith Ambachtsheer, academic and strategic adviser to pension plans.
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MN Services changes management structure
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension manager MN Services has named Wouter Pelser as co-head of asset management in a bid to enhance efficiency.
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Hedge funds own 3.8% of UK market – SSGA
UK – State Street Global Advisors says it estimates that hedge funds own around 3.8% of the UK equity market.
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Henderson loses out in North Yorkshire revamp
UK – The £880m (€1.31bn) North Yorkshire Pension Fund has dismissed Henderson Global Investors from a balanced mandate worth 22% of the fund.
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Europe the driver for State Street, says CEO
UK – State Street Corp. is seeing its most dramatic growth in Europe, says chairman and chief executive Ron Logue.
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South Yorkshire scheme loses team member
UK – The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, which manages £2.7bn (€4bn) of assets, is looking for an investment manager following the departure of one of its six-strong investment team.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch scheme tenders portable alpha
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch investment consultant has tendered a multi-asset class portable alpha mandate worth at least €15m via IPE-Quest.
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ABP to name new bond managers by third quarter
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the €168bn scheme for Dutch civil servants is looking for “a couple” of managers to build up its global alpha fixed income fund, according to a senior official.
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Lothian scheme awards £380m equities mandates
UK - The £2bn (€2.98bn) Lothian Pension scheme has appointed three new fund managers to run a total of £380m in global and Europe (ex-UK) equities.
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JP Morgan’s Reichl joins Bayern-Invest
GERMANY - German institutional fund manager Bayern-Invest has recruited a senior executive from the German arm of JP Morgan for a new seat on its management board.
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Deutsche revamps Swiss asset management
SWITZERLAND - Deutsche Bank has revamped the executive team at its Swiss asset management divisions DWS and Deutsche Asset Management.
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Dutch building fund changes name, seeks clients
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch social fund for the building industry, or SFB, has changed its name and says it will intensify its efforts in finding new clients.
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Volkswagen Pension Trust in revamp (Update)
GERMANY - Volkswagen Pension Trust, the pension fund for the German car giant, has completed a sweeping revamp of the way its €1.5bn in pension assets are invested (Updates with clarification, fresh edit).
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Credit Agricole AM London chief leaves
UK – Ian McEvatt, chief executive of the London branch of Crédit Agricole Asset Management is to leave and be replaced by investment chief Bruno Crastes.
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Morley to manage €145.3m for Kelda
UK - Morley Fund Management says it has been awarded a £50m (€72.6m) fixed income mandate and a £50m indirect property mandate by Kelda Group Pension Plan.
